I am a huge potterhead and this movie was something to wait for.. but was if worth waiting for? I will tell you.
“VOLDEMORT: ORIGINS OF THE HEIR”
Director: Gianmaria Pezzato
Starring: Stefano Rossi, Rorie Stockton, Davide Ellena and others
Country: Italy
Language: English
This film is a fan made unofficial story visualisation that has had no relations with J.K.Rowling or the Warner Bros studios. BUT, as it says on the film’s imdb page, the Warner Brothers liked the trailer very much and gave the project a green light.
I’ve got to say, for a fan made amateur movie this one is VERY GOOD. It has amazing picture, it has great graphic effects, basically you can see that there is a looot of work put into this film.
But.. I don’t think I got engaged in the story fully. First, the acting is definitely not the best. The actors didn’t work on their characters enough and there are scenes where they just don’t deliver. Maybe it was like that because the english audio was recorded over the Italian so the mouth movements do not go together with the audio and it really throws you off. For me, and as I read some reviews on twitter also for some others, it was really disturbing the movie watching and I would agree that I would rather watch it in italian with english subtitles. But maybe there was an option that I just forgot to check.
At the moment, I think the storyline has some flaws, but it does have a really nice twist at the end of the film, that may have explained some flaws. But I think I will have to watch the movie again someday.
The verdict:
If you are a potterhead, then, no – this movie is not a waste of your time. It is worth watching, because if we leave out the acting part, the film is very well done and for a fandom to make such a work is truly incredible.
Best wishes,
The Butterfly Girl 